Don't know if you heard about disabling your JAVA; not javascript. java was on the news and on the computer world and PC magazine website. All you need to do is go to the start menu click control panel, then locate programs & accessories click and scroll down and find java. right click and remove. DON"T REMOVE JAVASCRIPT.
-- Edited by PIEERE on Sunday 13th of January 2013 04:38:46 PM
Old Snipe said
10:29 PM Jan 13, 2013
My G-mail account on my blog has been apparently hacked and apparent spam has been sent to folks in my address book. How does one rectify this?
Thanks!
GENECOP said
11:41 PM Jan 13, 2013
Not sure Paul but I have noticed some friends of mine who have gotten hacked, the only thing that has happened is me and several other of his friends have gotten Mail pertaining to enlarging ones body parts....they stopped after a couple of weeks...
Terry and Jo said
03:12 AM Jan 14, 2013
I might would be inclined to wait before removing any services or software just yet. Give those manufacturers/services a chance to address any problems that they may have and perhap send out updates to fix those problems.
We have similarly been hacked before. Basically, they just get into our e-mail address book and send messages to many of the people there. We've usually been told that someone on our list got a spam e-mail, so we would send a message to most of them telling them to delete any messages that only contained spam or just a link. We never send an e-mail without explaining what any enclosed link is all about.
One funny with our issue. Our primary e-mail account is through AOL, and that service ADDS the e-mail addresses of anyone that we send messages to, even if it is only a one time deal. Well, Jo and I had sent off a whole bunch of messages expressing our displeasure with some legislation that was being considered by our legislature for passage into law. Well, guess where most of those messages went? Yep, our legislators were contacted with a spam mail because of that. I imagine that occurs a lot in the legislature.
I would suggest that one look at their e-mail address book and remove any that are not really people or businesses or organizations that one normally contacts.
Terry
karen948 said
04:08 PM Jan 14, 2013
I had that happen to my account and was told to change my e-mail password. After I changed the password, no more problems.
RVRon said
02:53 PM Jan 15, 2013
karen948 wrote:
I had that happen to my account and was told to change my e-mail password. After I changed the password, no more problems.
Ditto what Karen says. Just change the password to your account and the hackers can't get access to it. Until you do that nothing will change from what I've heard and folks on your contact list will continue to get the spam. Also make sure you give your computer a good virus scan just in case something is on there that sends your new password to the hackers.
TXRVr said
05:30 PM Jan 22, 2013
There is a farily easy solution to this problem that costs around $4-5/month. It would be to buy our own domain that comes with email accounts. As an example: Purchase a domain called Bubba.com and then set up your email account named myemail.inbox@bubba.com
I have been doing this for 5 years and never once had a single spam email. Depending on the domain host, you might get a free website service. With that, it is possible to convert blogs to a personal website.
-- Edited by TXRVr on Tuesday 22nd of January 2013 05:31:10 PM
-- Edited by TXRVr on Tuesday 22nd of January 2013 05:31:38 PM
Lucky Mike said
02:01 AM Jan 23, 2013
like it has been said...change your password.....that will cure now and future use of the account.......and watch the sites you go on and use your E-mail at.
markspend1 said
12:33 PM Mar 20, 2013
Hello Guys i think that You need to provide as much details as you can about those records. That is the name of labeling made,approximately date of registration,also details about other Google products connected to those records.For more information visit that URL:
-- Edited by markspend1 on Wednesday 20th of March 2013 12:34:36 PM
Edit by moderator: Activated link. Terry
-- Edited by Terry and Jo on Wednesday 20th of March 2013 03:21:46 PM
Racerguy said
01:48 PM Mar 20, 2013
markspend1 wrote:
Hello Guys i think that You need to provide as much details as you can about those records. That is the name of labeling made,approximately date of registration,also details about other Google products connected to those records.For more information visit that URL:
-- Edited by markspend1 on Wednesday 20th of March 2013 12:34:36 PM
SPAM ALERT!!! Woops.....false alarm
-- Edited by Racerguy on Wednesday 20th of March 2013 05:08:56 PM
bigredoes said
08:58 PM Mar 20, 2013
Old Snipe....perchance do you happen to be on Facebook.....
my experience has been when I start getting those spam type emails from folks....it is because they have FB and then the email address they use for FB starts sending out spam msgs to everyone in their address book......
so if this is your situation....change the FB password....
Terry and Jo said
10:24 PM Mar 20, 2013
Racerguy wrote:
markspend1 wrote:
Hello Guys i think that You need to provide as much details as you can about those records. That is the name of labeling made,approximately date of registration,also details about other Google products connected to those records.For more information visit that URL:
Don't know if you heard about disabling your JAVA; not javascript. java was on the news and on the computer world and PC magazine website. All you need to do is go to the start menu click control panel, then locate programs & accessories click and scroll down and find java. right click and remove. DON"T REMOVE JAVASCRIPT.
-- Edited by PIEERE on Sunday 13th of January 2013 04:38:46 PM
My G-mail account on my blog has been apparently hacked and apparent spam has been sent to folks in my address book. How does one rectify this?
Thanks!
I might would be inclined to wait before removing any services or software just yet. Give those manufacturers/services a chance to address any problems that they may have and perhap send out updates to fix those problems.
We have similarly been hacked before. Basically, they just get into our e-mail address book and send messages to many of the people there. We've usually been told that someone on our list got a spam e-mail, so we would send a message to most of them telling them to delete any messages that only contained spam or just a link. We never send an e-mail without explaining what any enclosed link is all about.
One funny with our issue. Our primary e-mail account is through AOL, and that service ADDS the e-mail addresses of anyone that we send messages to, even if it is only a one time deal. Well, Jo and I had sent off a whole bunch of messages expressing our displeasure with some legislation that was being considered by our legislature for passage into law. Well, guess where most of those messages went? Yep, our legislators were contacted with a spam mail because of that. I imagine that occurs a lot in the legislature.
I would suggest that one look at their e-mail address book and remove any that are not really people or businesses or organizations that one normally contacts.
Terry
I had that happen to my account and was told to change my e-mail password. After I changed the password, no more problems.
Ditto what Karen says. Just change the password to your account and the hackers can't get access to it. Until you do that nothing will change from what I've heard and folks on your contact list will continue to get the spam. Also make sure you give your computer a good virus scan just in case something is on there that sends your new password to the hackers.
There is a farily easy solution to this problem that costs around $4-5/month. It would be to buy our own domain that comes with email accounts. As an example: Purchase a domain called Bubba.com and then set up your email account named myemail.inbox@bubba.com
I have been doing this for 5 years and never once had a single spam email. Depending on the domain host, you might get a free website service. With that, it is possible to convert blogs to a personal website.
-- Edited by TXRVr on Tuesday 22nd of January 2013 05:31:10 PM
-- Edited by TXRVr on Tuesday 22nd of January 2013 05:31:38 PM
Hello Guys i think that You need to provide as much details as you can about those records. That is the name of labeling made,approximately date of registration,also details about other Google products connected to those records.For more information visit that URL:
support.google.com/accounts/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=183733
-- Edited by markspend1 on Wednesday 20th of March 2013 12:34:36 PM
Edit by moderator: Activated link. Terry
-- Edited by Terry and Jo on Wednesday 20th of March 2013 03:21:46 PM
SPAM ALERT!!!
Woops.....false alarm
-- Edited by Racerguy on Wednesday 20th of March 2013 05:08:56 PM
my experience has been when I start getting those spam type emails from folks....it is because they have FB and then the email address they use for FB starts sending out spam msgs to everyone in their address book......
so if this is your situation....change the FB password....
George,
It's not a spam comment. Old Snipe's original comment was about G-mail, a part of Google and markspend1 simply provided a link to some information
Terry